KUWAIT CITY, Dec 1: Security operatives freed a Kuwaiti woman who had been locked inside a room by her husband for many weeks, reports Al-Rai daily.
Apparently, the woman’s family lost contact with her, but the husband claimed she was outside the country. It happened that the woman was able to make a phone call to her aunt and disclosed she was detained by the husband who forced her to sign promissory notes.
The aunt filed a complaint with officers in Adan police station and securitymen placed the husband under surveillance and surprised him by their presence shortly before he opened the door to his house.
Initially, the man claimed the wife might be outside the country but was compelled to let the securitymen in, and they found the woman in bad health detained inside a room. She was taken to a hospital by her aunt while the husband was referred to the concerned authorities.